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Farnham

  • /ˈfɑːnəm/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

proper noun Farnhams

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9515).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4724).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3460).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3660).
  5. countable, uncountable A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Erie County, New York, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A locality in the Dubbo council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  9. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{farnham_2026,
  title = {Farnham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farnham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}